Full pain of Obamacare hasn't hit yet

In his June 12 column, Dan Carpenter reveals the naive ignorance of the far left. Calling for schools, or other employers, to provide insurance coverage despite Obamacare is like telling someone to commit suicide. As a small business owner, I am fully aware of the escalating premiums; most employers dealt with 15 to 20 percent increases in 2013, and the high-cost elements of the Affordable Care Act have not even taken effect. The reasons are quite simple; the ACA regulates the difference between the young and healthy as compared to the older and unhealthy. Most insurance companies are projecting an even higher increase in 2014, so we are only beginning to see a fraction of the employers who will not be able to provide coverage.

Unfortunately, both sides of the political aisle cannot resist the temptation to meddle in the free enterprise system. Capitalism will work and provide opportunity for everyone who really wants it, but the political elite needs to get out of the way. Often it is the naive who scream the loudest and the political class cannot resist their noise. We need to learn some valuable lessons from this absolutely horrible law; repeal it and impeach the man behind it.

Dave Poling

Indianapolis

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Full pain of Obamacare hasn't hit yet

In his June 12 column, Dan Carpenter reveals the naive ignorance of the far left. Calling for schools, or other employers, to provide insurance coverage despite Obamacare is like telling someone to